Sunday, June 21, 2009

some interior and other shots

here is the tii clock. I thought that it was broken but it appears that there is just a loose connection, as i twisted it and pushed it in, and now it is keeping time.interior shots of console. There is a modern (late 90's Nakamichi unit, removeable faceplate, with amp under drivers seat) radio, the oil pressure gauge and voltmeter, and above that is the valentine one remote unit. Basically I left it like this for the new owner to decide what sort of center console unit they want, how many gauges etc. A center console plate from Parker Performance, is about $85 and up, depending upon if you want them to supply gauges etc.
Here is a BMW blaupunkt radio that I have. Its missing the know on the left, and is apparently working. That is how i bought it. The 2 blue BMW manuals are the factory work manuals.
radio front shot
radio label
I was asked about compression figures, info I had when I bought it. I looked at the documents that I have from purchase. Regarding the seats, the Recaro's are from 320i, I believe.

Compression Test
Hot Throttle Open

4 strokes Max
1. 168 190
2. 160 185
3. 158 180
4. 168 190

Mike Brown (mechanic in LA) replaced injection pump with one of his own that was rebuilt ... never a problem or issue since.
When he looked at it, he described the rust as follows "rust blisters on rear windshield bottom (bad), rust at both rockers, rust at front apron bottom. Rear quarter panel behind door changed, floor pan and frame rails are clean and straight"
Clutch was slipping --- Mike Brown fixed that.
Battery was in trunk with strut brace. Positive cable was wire-tied to fuel feed pipe -- "dangerous" as Mike described it. He took care of that. Urethane bushings and bilstein shocks.

I had an accident with it before I had the work done in Baltimore. Icy roads, was turning a corner, and i slid up over footpath onto grass and into shrubs/row of baby christmas trees. Car basically was fine. Only damage was to rims of wheel (from hitting footpath - they were 320 rims) and nose are where rust was. Frame was fine. This was right before Mike Hannigan picked it up for paint. He took in in Mar 2007 or so, and had it for maybe a year almost.
The seats are ok. The upholstery job was so-so, and they have heating pads in them (Mike Hannigan suggested them as my wife liked heated seats in our other truck, a landrover).
That is about all that I can think of.

more body shots closer up

if you look at base of door handle area, you see paint is so-so ...to right of door, rear area, there is an area where dust during painting left an imperfection
same view but not as close
trying to shoot up close, even in shade (pics in sunlight tend to hide stuff and you cannot make out imperfections as well as you can in overcast conditions) to show paint imperfections at various points. Here at about 3 inches to right of door seam, there is a stone chip.
more shots of the uneven trim spray in some places

More pics and more info

I took some more shots, from 5 feet away, as my finger points out the 5 foot line.front area .... looks good
another side view
looking toward rear
this is the roofline trim which was sprayed a gunmetal finish to mimic the wheels a little. The spray was uneven at best.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

last shots of tii that I took

the console area with a Voltmeter and an oil pressure gauge, and the radio (modern radio as opposed to old one I have in a box, in my garage-its missing a volume knob) Sorry for blurry pic.Engine shot

MSD ignition
engine area from another angle
more engine shots
I took these shots as requested. The AC and alarm were taken out and the console is there more or less as it should be. A Parker Performance (www.parkerperformance.com)console would be best, but perhaps you might prefer to choose the gauges etc that would go there. Lots of options with consoles.

more areas of the tii

some shots around the engine area showing the VIN etc (2763564)more engine area
front of engine area
msd ignition toward upper right of pic
engine shot again

tii shots continued

front hood lifted up
rear boot area with battery in back
rear boot with spare tirewell area
rear boot showing passenger rear wheel area
drivers side rear wheel well area

underneath the tii

underneath rear wheel well area
rear passenger sude looking forward. There was some surface rust that was treated by the body guy, of my mechanic Rik (CIM Motorsport, Central Valley NY). He sanded it down and then prepped it with some wurth undercoating to protect it from occurring again.
here is another shot if it
rear wheel well area

shots continued

more undershotsshot front rear ...
more front areas
more undershots
and some more ....

shot photos that were requested

various pics were requested of undercarriage etc .... below is looking under nose toward fan beltfront wheel well area
looking from front to rear
front wheel area
more front wheel area